Standing in OUR Power

Voting isn’t just a thing we do, it’s a story we tell and pass on through the generations. Stories of how this right was secured and why it is to be cherished and protected by being used. With early voting upon us, this video tells just a few of those stories. Please, get out and vote!

Same Ole’ Conversations…“Now, Where Are the Solutions?”

By: The Parent “Advocators” Thirteen years after Hurricane Katrina and 100 days since the unification of all schools returning to the governing of Orleans Parish School Board, we are still having conversations about how to make schools better. It’s truly heartbreaking as parents to hear about and witness certain situations happening on a daily basis in education. Before we, The Parent “Advocators” continue, we would like to drop this disclaimer right now…. Read More

Blacks Have No Choice When it comes To Voting, And Here are the Reasons Why

How do you feel about the Trump Administration?  If my assumptions are correct, you probably wish they would fall off into some unknown part of the universe, never to be heard from again.  And while that sounds like nirvana for us anti-Trump advocates, it probably won’t happen anytime soon. So instead of wishing this insensible administration away, let’s rally together and silence them by using the most powerful weapon we have in… Read More

NOLA educator says stop playing games with our children!

Lee Green, Head of School at Andrew H. Wilson, is an honest straight shooter. He’s a true educator who has adults walking around saying, “I remember Mr. Green. He was a great teacher.” Green is a tenured and experienced teacher of over twenty years and a great citizen of our beloved New Orleans. He gave to young minds before Katrina and has weathered the storm to remain a fixture in the future… Read More

Black Latinxs Matter

As we are in the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the diversity of the culture and ancestry, it is important to acknowledge a particular group of Latinos: our Afro-Latinos. Even in Latinx spaces, there is often a failure to honor this group and their unique experience and struggles. This failure can be traced back to anti-Blackness in our different cultures, from Mexico to the tip of South America and to… Read More

“Groping”…..Girls it’s “Not a Big Deal”

By Felicia Simpson Val O’Connell, a Trump supporter and mother from Bozeman, Montana, was being interviewed by NBC News political reporter Ali Vitali when she made the following statement: “Groping a woman? At 18?….. I mean how many guys do you know who thinks that’s no big deal” – Val O’Connell In the news clip, O’Connell said these appalling words to the reporter, the first red flag. She also included her teenage daughters… Read More

Bill Cosby is Going to Jail. Will the Others Go, Too?

And just like that, America’s dad is going away to jail at 81 years old.  On Tuesday, September 25th, Bill Cosby was accused and sentenced to three to 10 years for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand 14 years ago at his home.  What Cosby did was undoubtedly wrong, and I sympathize for every woman who was affected by his actions. However, I didn’t cheer when he was sentenced.  The crooked justice… Read More